The researcher selected news articles of „natural disaster‟ news on CNN.com because there are vague languages are found. As the researcher has
seen the different types of vague languages are found through the news articles, that‟s why this research is conducted to analyze the types of vague language and
the functions of vague language used in news articles on CNN.com. In addition, the researcher is interested to choose CNN.com as the data because CNN.com is
one of the famous online news website that presents the most up-dated information around the world.
It is expected that the findings will be able to prove that the linguistic choice such as the functions of vague language has an important role to comprehend the
news. Based on the reasons above, the researcher chose the title “Vague Language Used on CNN.com” for this study.
1.2 Statements of the Problem
The problems in this study are: 1. What types of vague language are used in news articles on CNN.com?
2. What are the functions of vague language used in news articles on CNN.com?
1.3 Objective of the Study
The objectives of the study are stated as follow: 1. To find out the types of vague language used in news articles on
CNN.com 2. To explain the functions of vague language used in news articles on
CNN.com
1.4 Scope of the Study
The researcher made certain limitations in this study. This study focused on analyzing vague language in news articles of natural disaster on CNN.com. The
news articles are published on September 24 and 25, 2013 and October 12, 2013. This study uses theoretical framework proposed by Channell 1994:161-98.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The researcher hopes that the result of this study can give the readers the
following benefits:
1. To help the readers understand vague language especially on news.
2. To be a reference and to give more information for researchers who are
interested in improving this study. 3. To give additional knowledge about vague language in social environment. In
addition, to make the readers realize the importance of studying pragmatic function.
1.6 Thesis Organization The discussion of this thesis is divided into chapters and subchapters:
Chapter 1 is Introduction, which consists of background of the study,
statement of the problem, objective of the study, scope of the study, significance of the study, and thesis organization.
Chapter II deals with the review of the related literature. The chapter
consists of the definition of language, vague language: the functions of vague
language and the reason for using vague language, pragmatics, role of media and
CNN.com.
Chapter III presents research method. It contains of research design, unit of analysis, source of data, technique of data collection, technique of data analysis.
Chapter IV presents data analysis, which covers the findings and data
analysis of the problem. Chapter V presents Conclusion and Suggestion, which consist of conclusion
and suggestion.
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of related literatures, which support the research. Related literatures are needed to provide the theories from language experts, so
that this research can be creditable. The following sections describe about language, vague language, pragmatics, role of media, and CNN news.
2.1 Language
